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Monday, June 23, 2008

I found three small paintings at Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen. They were painted by two famous Dutch masters - Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn and Frans Hals. I admire the skill of the Dutch masters, particularly their use of light and shadow that create a mysterious beauty in their works. As in this painting, oil on wood by Rembrandt of an old man. It was acquired by the Danes already in 1773.

Another of his paintings is found in Copenhagen. This "sketch for a knight with a falcon, called the crusader" (oil on wood) was painted at the end of his life in 1661.

In 1661 he took his last apprentice and Rembrandt was asked to complete work for the newly built city hall, as the artist previously commissioned died. The end result, the conspiracy of Claudius Civilius was however rejected and returned to the painter.

This painting was not made by Rembrandt but by Frans Hals. He was more than twenty years older than Rembrandt and died 86 years old in 1666. He was originally from Antwerpen in what was then Spanish Netherlands. His family moved when he was five to Haarlem in the Netherlands.

He is particularly famous for his portraits and has highly influenced the evolution of the portrait painting in the 17th century.

This painting is of another celebrity, the French philosopher René Descartes and is dated to 1649.

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50 year old professional working in a research facility (cancer research). Passionate globetrotter and cook. Enjoying an interesting life with family and friends. Living in downtown Oslo, within walking distance to all what happens in the city.